Mariano Riva Palacio Collection:

Part 17, 1872-1880

Correspondence and official documents of Mariano Riva Palacio, thrice governor of the State of Mexico, pertaining to the governance of Mexico at federal, state, and local levels during the 19th century. This page describes Part 17 of the 17 total parts in the Mariano Riva Palacio Collection guide.

Political leader. Born 1803 and died 1880 in Mexico City. Educated as lawyer. Offices held: Primer Regidor del Ayuntamiento de México (1829), deputy to the Congreso de la Unión (first elected 1833), Minister of Justice, Minister of Hacienda (June-Aug. 1848), thrice Governor of the State of Mexico (1849, 1857, 1871), Director del Nacional Monte de Piedad. Imprisoned 1852-1854 during final presidency of Antonio López de Santa Anna. Named Emperor Maximilan's defender in May 1867. Worked to develop Mexico's law enforcement system, roads, railways, and industry.

The collections pertains to the governance of Mexico at federal, state, and local levels, to management of various institutions and haciendas, to social and economic conditions in Mexico, and to the activities of Mariano Riva Palacio and many other well-known figures of 19th century Mexico, plus documents relating to the settlement of the estate of Vicente Guerrero. Other names prominent in the collection are Juan Álvarez, Mariano Arista, Ignacio Comonfort, Atilano Sánchez Garayo, and Antonio López de Santa Anna.

This page presents Part 17: 1872-1880 of the collection guide. To access other parts of the guide see Related Material.

The item level description of this guide follows the published calendar The Mariano Riva Palacio Archives: A Guide by Jack Autrey Dabbs (three volumes, with index). Due to the size of the electronic files, the online version of this guide is divided into 17 parts as follows:

Año de 1872

Invitation to meeting at No. 5 de la Palma; General Felipe B. Berriozábal.

9870 Moreno, Carlos M. Toluca, January 2, 1872. LS. 2 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Telegraphed birthday greetings; Monné; charges for book binding; visit to Pachuca; binding of the Memoria; Izquierdo and Portillo reported in Tlacotepec; arming of the palace; departure of Trejo; Major Salas; rebels reported in La Acordada; withdrawal to Coatepec; Fuentes; Murguía.

Provisions of contract of sale of land of Ex-convento de San Francisco; right of way to new street of La Concordia; interference of house of Juan González; understanding with previous Governor Riva Palacio. Other signatories: Calixto Morales and Enrique Villela.

9882 Zimbrón, Antonio. Toluca, February 1, 1872. LS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Transmittal of copy of petition by Margarito Gutiérrez and others, owners of lots of the Ex-convento de San Francisco; construction by Juan González Cárdenas in Calle de la Concordia; search for prospective purchaser.

New session of Legislature; “poco patriotismo de Varón y Garduño”; treatment of robberies and amnesties; work on railway to Tlalnepantla; Don Mariano called “padre del Estado de México”; arrival of deputies Núñez and Rodríguez; articles from the Observadora; Ignacio Mañón Sr.; Manuel Reyes.

Letter for Alas given Sr. Amman at the Ferretería; Hacienda de los Arcos; rumor about Limón proved false; approval; of agreement with Governor of Tlaxcala and of Mexico concerning Calpulalpan; Manuel Zimmerman condemned to pay $2000 to Hacineda pública; Santuario de Chalma made a town; division of debt between parts of old State of Mexico left unresolved; article in La Ley; Fuentes in the Archives.

Loss of rank of General in 1867; made prisoner of war on occupation of Mexico by General Porfirio Díaz; imprisonment in Santa Brígida and in Perote; request for help with Junta Directiva to obtain position with railway to Toluca and Cuautitlán.

Preparation of budget; publication of Memoria; García elected by Legislature; vote of Riva; results signed by Zimbrón; publication of votes in La Ley; Chávez Ganancia; discussion of constitutionality of election; rebels in Tenancingo; payment of $800; criticism of Limón; Solís moved from Ixtlahuaca to Tenancingo as Jefe político; service in Jilotepec in place of Rosales; mediation of Espinosa; construction work on the Palacio; estimates of cost by Mendieta; resignation of Cejudo; plan to resign; direction of the Colegio.

Duties turned over to Presidente Municipal; passage of Governor from Toluca, Deputies, Ministro de Tribunal, and Fuentes Muñiz; Garduño in pursuit of rebels at Jalatlaco; Santiago Tianguistenco; Sotero Lozano reported in Distrito de Ixtlahuaca; publication of resignation.

$1200 left in State Treasury; Sotero Lozano in Tox[h]si and Atlacomulco; Trejo and Limón sent in pursuit; trip to Lerma to receive García; Vicencio to be new Secretary; dinner for Governor in Instituto; attendance of Riva, Inclán, Cid del Prado; García recalled as a student of the Instituto; Azcárate, Diputado por Sinaloa, reported describing entry in a city of Chihuahua during the Intervention and allaying fears by good behavior; offer of Sinaloa deputies to help in congress with the railway, eliminating need for lottery; Alcalde; construction work of Palacio; absence of Rodríguez; bail for Sra. Garrido not established; papers in Archives; gas project discussed with Muñoz Ledo; the Memoria.

Conflict over desire of Juan Fernández Renedo to change will to leave $3000 to wife of Gabriel Moreno instead of to group of orphans; Manuel Reyes; change made by Wiener; protest of Suprema Orden of May 21, 1869; order lost in Jefatura de Hacienda; request for help in preventing Moreno from getting law changed; support of Dirección de Beneficencia.

Project of the Instituto to publish a periodical of Science and Education; permit from Governor García; Hidalgo y Costilla to be illustration; letter for Joaquín Alcalde; announcement of first stretch of new railway; discussion of gas project with Rodríguez and Myers; committee including Muñoz Ledo and Gómez Álvarez; example of Ayuntamiento de México; construction of Palacio municipal on Calle de la Concordia; contract with Valdez.

Support of Lerdo; Manuel Fernández Soto; discontent with Governor Ignacio Vallarta; project for establishment of an agricultural school, using the part of the convent left in 1862 by Governor Pedro Ogazón; widespread banditry; Padre Teófilo G. Sancho; Ignacio Cañedo.

Recovery from illness; mission to Texcoco for Governor García; disorder in administration caused by Cañedo's preoccupation with the revolution; sequestration of Miguel Uribe; failures reported in papers; resignation of office.

Opposition to monument proposed by Rodríguez Arangoity; statue of Hidalgo to be raised; work on penitentiary continued; approval of Vicente's proposal for new painting of the General; modesty about his own portrait.

Stay of execution of sentence obtained by Ramón O. Filiú pending review of case by Superior Tribunal de Justicia; danger of execution during transit along road; effort of Julio Cervantes to have sentence upheld; letters to Lic. Ogazón, Anza, and Zavala. Includes draft of answer to Manuel Mendiola, September 28, 1872, showing discussion with Anza on the subject.

Commission authorized by Congreso de la Unión to investigate complaints about northern boundary; request for aid in obtaining appointment; summary of qualifications; travel in Texas anticipated; experience in Texas during the Intervention; appointment of Emilio Velasco rumored in Trait d'Union; qualifications of Velasco.

9945 Cervantes, José J. October 10, 1872. LS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Illness with lung trouble; letter of Governor García; Hacienda de Atenco; request for aid in obtaining compensation for property used for the hospital.

9946 Moreno, Carlos M. October 11, 1872. ALS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Request for use of influence with Lerdo on behalf of his father in Pachuca; Toluca.

Letters for de la Torre, Rosas, Cervantes, and Terreros; hope to return money collected by Riva Palacio; expenses for Hospicio voted by Congreso; meeting between Governor and Administrador de Atenco recommended by Cervantes.

Return from Hacienda de la Providencia, property of cousin General Diego Álvarez; support of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada as President, vacating the presidency of the Supreme Court; Vicente Riva Palacio recommended for the place on the Supreme Court; support in press.

Agreement of Legislature to contribute to construction of railway to Toluca and Cuautitlán; support by Gobierno General; sale of concession to Rosecrans reported; arrangements with Díaz and Sobrino; Sánch[ez]; Pliego. Addressed to 5 de Mayo No. 3.

9983 Sobrino, Ángel. Toluca, December 29, 1872. LS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Request for aid in obtaining position for Luis Castro y Carrillo; Ignacio Mañón.

Co-operation with Nuevo León and other states to develop cotton farming; litigation concerning lands of Doña Luisa Ibarra de Zuloaga; decision of Supreme Court; opposition of State authorities; Cepeda; trouble instigated by González Herrera, supported by Governor Cepeda; proposal to raise force of Federal troops for self-protection; intervention by President suggested.

Gift for Instituto received via Zamora; illustrations in El Hogar; portrait of Escandón missing from railway empresarios; stagecoach company to Puebla; line established by Zurutuza. Plan for honoring famous men.

Lic. Villarello sent to Zumpango in 1870; delivery of speech of September 15;
request for return of copy of the speech; Fuentes y Muñiz. Has note by Don Mariano on delivery of speech from among his archives.

9998 Riva Palacio, Manuel. Ocozá, June 5, 1873. ALS. 2 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Force of the revolution; capture and execution of leaders in Pachuca; robberies of silver trains from Zimapán; money taken at Ixmiquilpan; theft of horses; leader Serrano; use of spies; suffering of the Acostas; isolation from Actopan and Ixmiquilpan; Genoveva; Don Pepe; location of Hacienda de Arroyo; delivery of corn.

Interest of Legislature in reform of Article 65 of the Constitution; denial of support for popular election of jefe político or Legislative control; widespread complaints about jefes políticos; cases taken to Tribunal Superior; complaints against Joaquín Ortega; Molina; García; case against Hidalgo, Jefe político de Otumba; Monina, Mier, Chaix; transfers from Tenancingo to Cuautitlán and Chalco as visitador; Ixtlahuaca; círculo vicioso of transfers; problems of tax increases and revaluations of property; transmittal of proposal for Legislature. Includes copy of proposal, restraining action on Article 12 of Decree 86 of May 12, [1873] concerning increase of tax on fincas rústicas y urbanas; use of padrones in Administración de Rentas as basis for Contribución predial.

Election in Chalco not accepted; meeting of deputies in home of Tuñón Cañedo; Zúñiga to be President, Hilario García Vice-President; Murguía and Díaz
Leal to be Secretaries; Pérez, Ereta, Núñez, Rodríguez, Inocente García, and Tuñón Cañedo to be on Comisión Calificadora (1. and 2.); appointments of Enríquez, Necoechea, Ambrosio Molina, Inocente García, Manuel García, and Murguía.

Ambrosio Molina and Jesús Tirado elected by electoral college protected by Alcalde, contrary to Article 13, Decree 122 (October 21, 1873); meeting in home of Juan Beltrán; support of Vicente Riva Palacio.

Quarrel between Santiago Tlazala and Santa Ana Jilotzingo encouraged by Sabás Iturbide in litigation over land title; decision in Juzgado de Tlalnepantla; opposition to decision; Lic. Aragón; Siliceo; request for Don Mariano to try to reach settlement; residence in San Ildefonso, Calle de Medinas. Includes unsigned draft of answer, July 17, 1874, requesting further study and possible return to case.

10042 _____. July 18, 1874. ALS. 2 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Intervention of State Governor; effort to obtain arbitration between Santiago and Santa Ana; case left with Toluca lawyer without result; complaints given to son Fermín [Ortega]; study of ancient titles; Masons; Juaristas; Lerdistas; Escudero.

10043 _____. July 22, 1874. ALS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Study of Código civil and Ley de procedimientos del Estado de México; terms of arbitration suggested by Governor; selection of arbitrators; qualifications;
Juzgado de Tlalnepantla. Includes draft of reply, July 22, 1874, unsigned: Communication with Santiago and with Escudero; effort to reach settlement.

Lic. Tiburcio Montiel accused of injustice; Congreso de la Unión; friendship with President; imprisonment on Isla de los Caballos or on Ulúa avoided; request for help.

10045 Leyva y Yáñez, Agustín. October 3, 1874. ALS. 2 l. 13 × 21 cm.

Request for aid in obtaining position as judge in State of Mexico; vacancies created in December; recommendation to Presidente del Tribunal Superior de Toluca desired; service as judge in Chilapa, Guerrero, Distrito de Acapulco; Chalchicomula, Tlaxcala, Sultepec, Villa del Valle, Huauchinango, Ixmiquilpan, Zacualpan, Jonacatepec, Minatitlán, Ayutla, Ometepec, and as Abogado de pobres in Tribunal Superior in Chilpancingo; difficulties suffered; neutral political position; opposition to La Reacción and The Empire.

Improving conditions in Mexico; news delivered by ships of Veracruz Line and ships en route to San Nazario; Manuel Romano; difficult conditions in Spain; slow progress of Carlist War; home near battle lines; effort to start a business; two nephews sent to Mexico to avoid war; work in El Puerto de Barcelona (Portal de las Flores No. 6) and grocery store; Calle de Béjar, No. 2.

Año de 1875

Recovery of Don Mariano from illness; Manuel Fernández; resignation of Vicencio to become Director del Instituto withdrawn on resignation of Governor García; failure of Diputación permanente to find replacement; Enríquez suggested as Interim Governor; rumor of plan to send Fuentes to Europe or North to purchase instruments for physics; Chais, Núñez, and Inocente García suggested as Interim Governor.

Illness of Guadalupe; attentions of Dr. Orozco; illness of Echeverría; arrival of Cura de Guanajuato; telegrams sent to Tula offering home for Guadalupe; news of death of Manuel [husband of Guadalupe]; effort to have lawyer named to represent her interests; Miguel Echeverría; services of Pantaleón Parres; debts of deceased; letter from Santa María; Lic. Patiño; payments made on death of Godoy; payments to Castillo; Señora Meóqui; new mortgage on Parangueo. Includes note by N. del Moral. Includes note by Riva Palacio concerning execution of will. Includes letter:

Return from expedition in Distrito de Tenancingo, Tenango, Villa del Valle, and Almoloya; Manuelita; annoyance by insurrección religiosa in all districts, especially in south; departure for Temascaltepec and Tejupilco; threats to aquellos pintos; talk of Rome and of Numancia; question of re-election; prediction: Enríquez and Chucho will not last one month in office; plan to leave the state if conditions get worse.

Land dispute between Hacienda de Tlahuelilpa, property of Iturbe family, and towns of Atitalaquia, San Pedro Tlaxcoapam, and San Francisco Tlahuelilpa; agreement to arbitration; Lic. Manuel Cordero to represent Iturbe; Francisco García Salas to represent the towns; Don Mariano chosen as third party; division of waters of Río Salado; agreement to abide by results.

Meeting of Junta Central de Exposiciones announced; delay explained; meeting in Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda, en el ex-Arzobispado. Has draft of reply, August 28, 1875, recalling position on commission, offered by Rómulo Rubio, was declined and announced by Lic. Rafael Martínez de la Torre.

Illness of Don Mariano with leg ailment; brother Guillermo; mining business in Guanajuato; fights at Parangueo between State troops and partidos; loss of oxen to bandits reported by Nicolás; loss of horses; recovery of oxen with help of Antillón; Tula; eye disorder; interference with corn planting; defeat of state troops; demands for money; protection of jail; defeat of state cavalry at Cuitzeo; Diputado Luna escorted to La Piedad; Salamanca threatened; Martínez de la Torre.

Loss of letter sent via brother Guillermo; repetition of letter of March 13, 1876; depredations of bandit groups on hacienda of Parangueo; seed, weapons, horses, and money taken from tenants; watch by Salgado and authorities in Valle de Santiago; establishment of guards with weapons from Mexico; bands raised by Socorro Reyes; attack on Cuitzeo; damage to corn caused by hail; rent paid by Castillo and Sra. Meóqui; effect of political situation on crops; El Porvenir; Contribución general levied on property; death of Siliceo; Guadalupe left without legal counsel; Lic. Linares to represent Carmen; travel via Guanajuato; Alamán; Martínez de la Torre; bands raised by Cenobio Arredondo and Guadalupe Razo; attack on convoy at Parangueo; garrison at Cerro Colorado;
leadership of Lastiri; Carmen subject to erysepelas; death of daughter from throat ailment; Guadalupe's heart trouble. Included note added by José Linares, Mexico, March 6, 1876, accepting case of Guadalupe; interview with Martínez de la Torre; settlement with Alamán anticipated.

Southern part of State occupied by Cosío Pontones and Ayala; invasion of western districts and Zinacantepec; defeat by regular troops; opposition to re-election for president; similarity to the Guerra de Castas; protection of Enríquez; García; opposition to institution of Jefe político; increase of taxes for mutual protection; Toluca.

Introduction to José Hipólito Martínez, Civil Engineer; meeting at Ecazingo; service as Captain of Engineers in Second Division; support of General Díaz in Plan de Tuxtepec; government of Lerdo; pronunciamiento in Puebla at Cuartel de San Francisco with troops of Eighth Battalion of Infantry; Campaign in Puebla; Ejército Constitucionalista; request for aid in finding employment; recommendation for Martínez, Vicente [Riva Palacio], or General Díaz.

Violation of private correspondence; Gómez del Palacio; Departure of Lerdo party; arrival of Pascual Lebrija; meeting with Enríquez on behalf of Chacón; Chacón to take command of troops; Lic. Antonio Inclán to be Secretario de Gobierno.

Transmittal of message to Antonio Villamil, in charge of Dirección del Nacional Monte de Piedad; confirmation of appointment of Mariano Riva Palacio as Director of the Monte de Piedad; meeting of Junta Superior.

Request for aid in finding position for brother-in-law Lic. Juan Chávez, removed from fiscalía in the Tribunal Superior in Toluca; Plan de Tuxtepec; vacancy in Promotoría de los Tribunales criminales; transfer of Lic. Fernández.

Request for use of influence with Vicente [Riva Palacio] for replacement of Méndez as oficial 1. de la Sección 5. del Ministerio de Hacienda; appointments by Lerdo and Juárez; plan for balancing budget.

Arrival of Díaz in Querétaro; departure for Guanajuato; violent change of government; refuge in hacienda across Río Grande; death of Martínez de la Torre; Linares to be legal representative for Tula; sale of Parangueo; Nicolás. Addressed to Donceles No. 11. Has one postage stamp of 25 centavos and one of 10 centavos.

Service since Independence; departure of Juárez in 1863; pension granted by Regency; loss of pension on Restoration; request for help in finding position. Rank given as Colonel; address: Puerta falsa de la Merced, No. 2.

Appointment to commission to study economic questions in a commercial treaty between the United States and the Government of the Hawaiian Islands; agricultural, commercial, and industrial interests of Mexico; most-favored nation arrangement with the U.S.A.; report to go to Lic. José Limantour. Includes draft of reply, declining appointment. Byline: Libertad en la Constitución.

10128 Zubieta, José. Toluca, February 11, 1877. ALS. 2 l. 13 × 21 cm.

Difficulty of withdrawing candidacy explained by Fuentes y Muñiz; election of Don Mariano; votes for Condés (?) de la Torre by the Alberto García circle;
Lic. Sánchez Tonguillo (?) to be substitute; speech by Santiago Torres; no election in six districts.

Danger of success by Conservative Party; support of los liberales patriotas; problem of continuing with Montepío; work with railroad, Instituto, and the schools; Carlos [Riva Palacio] to be deputy for Chalco; Castro; employment of Manuel Martínez in Sucursal de Montealegre terminated by Cendejas; new position needed; introduction to Carlos Zimmermann.

Request for contribution for gift for anniversary of Pío Nono; donations to be sent to José María Andrade (Librería del portal de August[] No. 3); plan to reach the English packetboat. Addressed to Monte Pío Nacional.

Congratulations of C. B. Arriaga in Saltillo to President in name of General G. Treviño for successful campaign against filibusteros in Distrito de Río Grande; visit with General Ord in Piedras Negras; Fort Duncan; Fork Clark. Signatory: H. Charles.

Past hostility of Government; new government under Plan de Tuxtepec; improvements under Ministro de Fomento Riva Palacio; need for public order; lottery; Juárez; equipment for railroad delivered to Hacienda de la Lecheria; purchase of mules; construction of Cuautitlán spur; President of Company in Paris; Torre; study of project by Roberto Geddes, Director del Bando de Londres, México, y Sudamérica; return to England; study of commercial movements in State by Manuel Fernández; loan of L. 200,000 sought to complete road to Toluca; Isidoro de la Torre; Compañía “Union Contract”; offer made to Sr. Ohlssen (Olsen?); reform of railway concession studied by commission with Pedro del Valle and Manuel Dublán; Governor Mirafuentes; extension to Pacific considered; line to Tacubaya sought by Municipalidad; spur to Tlalnepantla considered; La Verónica; discussions between Martín Bengoa and commission of Antonio Carbajal, Vicente Méndez, and Ventura Alcérreca; list of expenses and income; death of Manuel de Rosas and Lic. Rafael Martínez de la Torre. Signed also M. Bengoa.

Improper conduct of Juez de Distrito Lic. Germán Navarro with reference to Suprema Corte de Justicia and Tribunal Superior; Law of January 20, 1869; discussion printed in La Ley; constitutional questions; appeal to Tribunal de Circuito; request for support.

Request for use of influence with Vicente [Riva Palacio] against gambling houses.

10162 _____. August 20, 1877. ALS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Receipt of book; opinion of Portilla. Address: Acequia No. 24. Includes copy of letter concerning autograph for book in Public Library, Aguascalientes; recognition of services to State of Mexico and work in the railroad program.

Mistreatment of family by Rafael Olvera; weapons allowed by Lerdo; death of father; inability to obtain justice in Querétaro or in Mexico; request for $25 to pay bill and return home; Address: Villa de Jalpan, Querétaro(?).

10164 Terreros, Ramón. August 30, 1877. LS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Receipt of Memoria; history of Monte de Piedad de París written by M. du Camp (?); translation arranged by Sosa.

10165 _____. August 31, 1877. LS. 1 l. 21 × 27 cm.

Withdrawal of proposed publication of history of Monte de Piedad de París.

Año de 1879

1870 appointment as Jefe político de Cuautitlán; Zumpango; service in 6th and 8th Congreso de la Unión; service in 7th Congress of State Legislature; 8th Congress interrupted; presidency of Lerdo; request for position.

Death of Gertrudis Segura de Murguía; firm of Viuda e hijos de Murguía dissolved; Eduardo to continue the business. Separate printed letter signed by E. Murguía indicating continuation of the business.

Cartas y Fragmentos sin fecha

Addressee not given; receipt of telegram; approach to capital; election as president; Lagos; Lancaster Jones recommended as deputy; vacancies in Cámara de Diputados filled; rest of letter in cipher.

10186 Dublán, M[anuel]. Toluca, no date. ALS. 2 l. 13 × 21 cm.

Recommendation for Doña Dolores Díaz of Sultepec; efforts to do her out of a rich mine; case before Juzgado de primera Instancia de Toluca; introduction to Juan Carbo (Carleo? Carles?), Deputy to Congreso de la Unión.

Group of cover sheets containing address torn from body of letters. Those which could be identified have been restored to the body of the letter. Almost all are addressed to Mariano Riva Palacio; some have month and day stamped by post-office but no year. Names that appear in various places: Toluca; Ml. del Chico; Yautepec; Escobedo (Bernabé), Rue Condillac No. 63, Bordeaux; Mexico; Taxco, Sept. 13; Acapulco; Gobierno del Estado L. y S. de Puebla; Ciu. Guerrero, enero 11; Tula, April 26; Juzgado de letras, Temascaltepec; Guadalajara, February 10; Vega; Cuautla; Querétaro, December 31; San Luis Potosí, December 7; Tetecala; Mexico, February 5; Cuernavaca; Rafael García Aguirre.

10189 [Riva Palacio, Vicente?] [Fragmento.] No date. 2 l. 22 × 31 cm.

Apparently part of legal brief; reference to conduct of Andrés Méndez; poverty of family; part of plea for leniency.

Summary of life of Negrete; birth in San Esteban de Carranza, Señorío de Vizcaya, May 18, 1777; death in Bordeaux, April 11, 1846; services in Seminario de Vergara, Departamento del Ferrol, Italy, Veracruz, Regimiento de Toluca; association with Iturbide and in Supremo Poder Ejecutivo; exile.